Proudly delegitimizing the state since 2005
"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert
"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker
"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison
"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman
The story is told that Ludwig von Mises was once asked, "Do you mean to say that the government should have done nothing during the Great Depression?" Mises responded, "I mean to say it should have started doing nothing long before that." I hope the story is not apocryphal, because it perfectly sums up the government’s proper role in managing the economy: none.
The rest of this week's TGIF, "Less than Nothing," is here.
Cross-posted at Anything Peaceful.
—Henry David Thoreau
"Free association . . . the only true form of society."
—Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
2 comments:
Dear Sheldon,
After reading your article, I was reminded of Howard Beale shouting "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore".
All the best,
Joe
So if massive amounts of government spending is the answer to hard economic times, then I guess we can expect them to slash the budget dramatically when the economy rebounds, right?
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